2009

C1-Monday

Our first full day of Session C was filled with good times. During the day we started our regular schedule of classes, sports, and swim. In religion, we talked with Der Krikor, the camp director, about what it means to live a Christian life here and at back at home.

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C1-Sunday

What an exciting first day of Session C at St. Vartan Camp! The sun was shining and Armenian music filled the air as new campers arrived this afternoon. The day was busy with orientation, getting to know each other in our counselor groups, a quick swim in the pool and

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B2-Thursday

Thursday was another great day at SVC! Today we collected several of our projects that we created over the week from Arts and Crafts to take back to our rooms to keep safe until we go home on Saturday. In teh evening we enjoyed a night of laughs, singing, dancing,

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B2-Wednesday

After breakfast the 41 participants (1 counselor, 3 CITs and 37 campers) from St. Leon’s in Fair Lawn, NJ gathered with their pastor Fr. Diran Bohajian for a group photo. Throughout the day we were worried about whether or not the weather would hold out for us today for all

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B2-Tuesday

Today we welcomed back Maestro Khoren, Diocesan Director of Music Ministry just in time for our afternoon classes. Then at dinner we were pleased to welcome Fr. Diran Bohajian, Pastor of the St. Leon’s parish in Fair Lawn, NJ. He will be teaching our Armenian Language classes while he is

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B2 – Monday

We have been busy here at St. Vartan Camp. We had beautiful weather on Monday and enjoyed getting back to our daily schedule after a relaxing weekend. Every weekday we have 4, 30 minute classes of Armenian Language, Religion, Culture & Heritage and Arts & Crafts followed by some time

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B2-Sunday

This morning we got to sleep in a little longer than our usual 7:30 AM reveille. We all gathered in the chapel this morning for Divine Liturgy at 9 AM. After Badarak, we went under the pavillion for an antasdan since it was Transfiguration. We then headed to the flag

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B1-Saturday

This morning we said goodbye to 9 of our 88 campers during a closing program. At the closing program, one camper from each counselor group was awarded the honor of “Camper of the Week.” The campers enjoyed a slide show of all of the pictures highlighting the activities at camp

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B1-Friday

This morning while we were in the dining room, Fr. Vahan Hovanessian, pastor of Holy Martyrs Armenian Church in Bayside, NY arrived for a fun-filled day at St. Vartan Camp. After breakfast, we said goodbye to Fr. Tateos and got ready for a day filled with classes, swim and sports.

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B1-Thursday

We knew the good weather couldn’t last forever up here in the Catskill Mountains. Today we had a mixed day of rain and sun, but our program continued as normal. This afternoon, Fr. Sahak Kaishian, Interim Pastor at Sts. Sahag and Mesrob in Providence, RI arrived at camp and will

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